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How Did Everyone Learn that She was Having an Affair? #truecrime #crimejunkie

September 14, 2025 / 01:10

This episode discusses the relationship between Dawn and Nick, the involvement of police, and the discovery of a diary that reveals key insights.

Kath, Dawn's sister, shares that her family was unaware of Dawn's romantic involvement with Nick, despite him visiting their home. The police had a diary that contained crucial information about Dawn's thoughts and feelings towards Nick.

Detective Maguire, who took over the case after Detective Lucky's retirement, allowed Kath to read the diary, which changed her understanding of the situation. Kath reflects on how the diary entries indicate that Nick was a significant part of Dawn's life leading up to her disappearance.

The episode highlights the emotional turmoil Kath experienced upon learning this new information about her sister's relationship.

TLDR

Kath discovers shocking truths about her sister Dawn's relationship with Nick through a diary, changing her understanding of the case.

Episode

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Did her sister know about Nick? >> No one in her family really knew about Nick. I mean, Kath said that like they
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knew who he was. He came to the house a couple of times. She knew Dawn was friends with this guy, but she had no
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idea that Dawn was involved with him romantically. Here's the catch, though. Police did. They had this diary from the
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jump. And sometime in the 2010s, so this is after Detective Lucky had retired and
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this new guy was on Don's case, Detective Maguire, he lets Kath see the diary. That's how she found out for the
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first time. >> Wow. >> Which I'm sure was like so disorienting for her because for as long as she
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remembers, she believed the same thing as police that Hawkins probably did something to her sister.
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But these writings, I don't know. She sees something more in them than police clearly do. Like, call
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it a sister's intuition, whatever. But she saw that Nick was clearly dominating Dawn's thoughts from March 1989 right up
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until her disappearance in May. And it's clear from her entries that Nick did not
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treat her very

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    Most shocking
  • 75
    Most heartbreaking
  • 75
    Biggest twist
  • 70
    Most emotional

Episode Highlights

  • The Shocking Discovery
    Kath learns about her sister's relationship with Nick through a police diary.
    “Wow.”
    @ 00m 35s
    September 14, 2025
  • A Sister's Intuition
    Kath believes Nick dominated Dawn's thoughts leading up to her disappearance.
    “Sister's intuition sees more than police do.”
    @ 00m 48s
    September 14, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • Wow.
    How Did Everyone Learn that She was Having an Affair? #truecrime #crimejunkie
  • Sister's intuition sees more than police do.
    How Did Everyone Learn that She was Having an Affair? #truecrime #crimejunkie

Key Moments

  • Police Diary Revelation00:21
  • Sister's Intuition00:48